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Dear Parents and Carers,
At St John Paul II College we encourage, promote and recognise student academic achievement in all curriculum areas from Year 7 to Year 12. Through our mentoring program, students articulate their goals and provide feedback about their learning to their mentor teachers. It is hoped that through these rewarding conversations students strive to do their very best in each of their classes.
Our awards ceremony, which occurred on Thursday, acknowledges the student's tremendous efforts and celebrates their success of Semester One, 2022. The award ceremony recognised students for their Academic Excellence, Growth Mindset, House Spirit and Respect and sporting achievements.
We congratulate all students who may have been successful in their endeavours and who have reached their goals.
The ceremony has been filmed and the link will be sent to award recipient families soon.
The feast day of St Mary Mackillop of the Cross takes place on the 8th of August. St Mary MacKillop was an educator, a pioneer and a leader. A woman who worked tirelessly to provide education for children that lived in the bush or did not have access to a school. Her motto:
‘never see a need without doing something about it’
St Mary MacKillop saw the need and guided by the Gospels, she assisted the poor and the marginalised. She provided the education and taught life skills to transform lives.
As Pope John Paul II said:
“Think of Mother Mary MacKillop and learn from her to be a gift of love and compassion to one another, for all Australians and for the world." January 1995
I highly encourage all students to learn from St Mary MacKillop’s’ actions and ensure that they are compassionate, caring and supportive of their peers and family members. And finally, if they do see a need, they do something about it.
Have a great week.
Warm regards,
Jessica Stokman
Acting Assistant Principal - Learning
Ferré/Kennedy
JPC Careers Updates
- Don’t forget that we have amazing resources on our JPC Careers website https://jpc-careers.com/
- Also follow us on our social pages to get more up to date information - @JPCcareers on Instagram and Facebook.
- You can contact Ms Zorzi at careers.jpc@cg.catholic.edu.au
MBA Trade Starter Program
Work Experience Opportunities
SPARK Ginninderry have 1 week work experience opportunities available in the following areas. Please contact Ms Zorzi ASAP if you are interested. All students must have their White Card / Asbestos.
Landscape Architecture and Design: This placement will be with Redbox Design group and will give students the opportunity to learn the behind the scenes in landscape designing. This will be an office-based placement and Redbox will be taking the 2 student placements at the same time.
Construction Engineering: This placement will be with Calibre Group and will give students the opportunity to learn more in the civil engineering industry. This placement will be a combination of office based and on-site learning. Calibre will be taking 2 students at a time and are offering 6 places in total.
Landscaping: This placement will be with Glascott and will give students the opportunity to learn more in the landscaping industry. This placement will be an on-site placement. Glascott will be offering 4 placements in total and will consider students for a full-time apprenticeship.
Ms Teena Zorzi
Leader of Learning (Careers) and Wellbeing (Drexel House)
Teacher of Sociology, SOSE and RE
- GIRLS BILL TURNER TBC AFTER WEEK 3
- Tuesday 16 August – ASC Netball
- Tuesday 16 August – ACT Boys OzTag
- Thursday 18 August – MODERATION DAY
- Monday 22 August - ASC Boys Basketball
- Monday 29 August – ASC Girls Basketball
- Friday 9 Sept – PUPIL FREE DAY
- Wednesday 14 Sept – ACT Girls OzTag
SPORTING SPOTLIGHT
@JPC.Sport.act
ACT U16 Baseball
Cooper McMaster, Yr 9 Ferré was selected and played for the ACT U16 representative baseball team at the AYC tournament held in Redcliffe, Brisbane in July. The ACT played 8 games over 5 days with 2 wins and a draw. Cooper is a pitcher and infielder.
He has been playing since he was 6 years old for the Ainslie Gungahlin bears baseball club.
ACT Ice Hockey
Logan Woods, Yr 7 Van Thuan will be part of a team representing ACT Ice Hockey at the 2022 Ginsberg Tournament in Adelaide this month.
We wish Logan and his team all the best and we look forward to hearing your news.
At JPC, we are passionate about caring for our students as whole people through supporting their development as learners, as unique individuals and as members of a broader community.
We would like to invite all parents and carers who would like to learn more about wellbeing and mental health to attend our upcoming
‘Wellbeing Workshop’, occurring on Wednesday 24th August at 6:00 PM.
This Workshop will focus on the topic of ‘Building Healthy Lifestyles’. We will explore a number of everyday lifestyle factors which impact mental health and wellbeing and how to promote healthy choices within these areas for young people. This has been a highly requested topic by our JPC families and we hope that you’re able to join us.
Please save the date for this event and register using the Trybook Link - https://www.trybooking.com/CBKPJ
School Counsellor
REMINDER
RSVP to the Year 10 Social is due by 10.00 am Monday 15 August 2022.
Link to RSVP - https://www.trybooking.com/CBTBE
Parish Newsletter
For the latest news Click here or you can view it on the Parish App or visit the website below.
